Duty Officer
| Posting date: | 02 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28,705 to £32,326 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 July 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University West of England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R07421 |
Summary
About the opportunity: To ensure delivery of smooth usage and running of the facilities and the activity programme through supervision of recreation assistants whilst on shift and customers using the Centre for Sport facilities (CFS / WFG / Hillside Gardens), through coordination of service delivery, ensuring Health & Safety regulations and normal operating procedures are implemented. As a senior member of the team on shift, you will be supporting the team to meet timescales and train colleagues in an approved training programme, ensuring they develop a working knowledge of all normal Operating Procedures and Emergency Action Plans in order to carry out duties, to prevent serious incidents or injuries from occurring
As well as maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the CFS facilities, the Duty officer will a administer First Aid or call for further assistance as appropriate in order to ensure incidents are dealt with efficiently and promptly with due regard to the safety of fellow employees and customers/ casualties, ensure that accurate records and reports are made and held of such incidents as appropriate. A
Duty Officer will be asked to contribute and supervise the running of children’s activities, including holiday camps, courses and one off large scale events or competitions and also provide sickness and holiday cover for other duty officers and provide a flexible support, and any other reasonable duties that fall within the scope of the post, as allocated by the line manager, following consultation with the post holder.
The Full Time Duty Officer Role works a 4 week rolling Rota, details on the advert on our website.
About you: Are you a natural leader with motivational skills and able to support, guide and encourage others in the team to achieve individual and team objectives whilst demonstrating respect for others, fairness, equality, tolerance and openness. Can you plan and organise to achieve results as well as prioritise? Do you enjoy delivering excellent customer service as well as great communication, and working in a team environment?
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 36,000 students and 4,200 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave and pension schemes as well as opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian or racially minoritised candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Helen Wickham on 0117 3282949 or email: helen3.wickham@use.ac.uk
This is a fulltime, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.
This post is not available on a job share basis as the position is not suitable for the business and requires continuity.
Interviews are likely to take place in late July, early August.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time.
The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.
This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
You may also wish to explore other visa options which you are eligible for which will allow you to work in the UK.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
As well as maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the CFS facilities, the Duty officer will a administer First Aid or call for further assistance as appropriate in order to ensure incidents are dealt with efficiently and promptly with due regard to the safety of fellow employees and customers/ casualties, ensure that accurate records and reports are made and held of such incidents as appropriate. A
Duty Officer will be asked to contribute and supervise the running of children’s activities, including holiday camps, courses and one off large scale events or competitions and also provide sickness and holiday cover for other duty officers and provide a flexible support, and any other reasonable duties that fall within the scope of the post, as allocated by the line manager, following consultation with the post holder.
The Full Time Duty Officer Role works a 4 week rolling Rota, details on the advert on our website.
About you: Are you a natural leader with motivational skills and able to support, guide and encourage others in the team to achieve individual and team objectives whilst demonstrating respect for others, fairness, equality, tolerance and openness. Can you plan and organise to achieve results as well as prioritise? Do you enjoy delivering excellent customer service as well as great communication, and working in a team environment?
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 36,000 students and 4,200 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave and pension schemes as well as opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian or racially minoritised candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Helen Wickham on 0117 3282949 or email: helen3.wickham@use.ac.uk
This is a fulltime, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.
This post is not available on a job share basis as the position is not suitable for the business and requires continuity.
Interviews are likely to take place in late July, early August.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time.
The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.
This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
You may also wish to explore other visa options which you are eligible for which will allow you to work in the UK.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.